Shingle



H. L. OWEN v 2,259,962

Patented Oct. 21,' 1941 &259.982 BHINGLE Herbert L. Owen. Lol Angeles, calif.. assignor to V-Way shingle Products, Inc., a corporation of California v pplication February 13, 1940, Serial No. 318588 10 Claims. (Cl. 108-24) This invention relates to a wooden shingle and more particularly pertains to a preformed shingle unit for finishing the hips and ridges of roofs.

Heretofore it has been the practice in finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs to provide pairs of wooden shingles with the shingles of each pair of different widths then laying the shingles of each pair separately on the hip Or ridge with the shingles of adjacent pairs overlapped and in aiternate arrangement as to their' widths and marginal overlap'; a nar-' row shingle being first laid on one side of the hip or ridge and its companion wide shingle then being laid on the other side of the hip or ridge with one margin thereof overlying and aligned with the upper side margin of the narrow shingle, and the succeeding pair of the shingles being alternately arranged with the narrow shingle Overlying the wide shingle of the underlying pair and the' narrow shingle of the latter being overlapped by the wide shingle of the superiniposed pair. thus resulting in broken joints between adjacent pairs of the hip and ridge shingles.

It has been the practice to either split or saw the shingles in attaining the desired width thereof, the splltting sometimes being eifected by the workman during, laying of the shingles. and the sawing being usually efiected at the mill. In either event 'it is necessary for the workman to set the shingles one at a time as above stated. and where the shingle's are supplied in bundles as ordinarily effected, it is necessary for the shingler to make selection or separation of the two sizes of shingles and to select the narrow and wide shingles -alternately, which involves the expenditure of considerable time and labor in the course of finishing the hips and ridges of the roof.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide the pairs of wide and narrow shingles as preformed units of rights and lefts so that each pairmay be laid colleetively. thereby eflecting considerable saving in time and labor in finishing hips and ridges.

Another object is to provide' an eifective means for joining the shingles of a pair together in ferming a unit, and whereby in applying the unit to a roof less nails and nailing Operations will be required than is 'employed where the shingles of a pair are laid separately.

Another object is to provide the assembled shingle unit with means for enabiing laying oi the courses thereof with predetermined exp sures to the weather, and which means may constitute an embodiment of the means employed in fastening the pair of shingles together.

A further object is to provide a preformed wooden shingle unit of v-shaped cross section for finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs by connecting a pair of longitudinally tapered wooden shingles edge to edge in angular relation to each other and in such manner that the connected shingles may be readily conformed to the surface to which they are applied.

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such otherobjects and advantages as may subsequently appear. the invention is carried into eflect as illustrated by way of example in l the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fragmentary portion of a shingled roof showing the invention as applied to the hips and ridge thereof;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shingle v unit;

Pig. 3 is a sectional view taken on theline l--I of Pig. 2;

Flg. 4 is a view in section taken on the line 4-4 of mg. l;

Flg. 5 is a perspective view depicting the mode' of bundling the assembled units..

Flg. 6 is a sectional perspective'view of a fragment of a shingle unit depictlng a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing more speciilcally A and B designate a pair of conventional wooden shingies longitudinally tapered in thickness which in Carrying out the invention. are united along their longitudinal edges to extend in transverse angular relation toreach Other so as to form a unit C of V-shaped cross section which is adapted to be positioned astride a hip or ridge of a roof D to form a cover'E therefor as, shown in Fig. l; a series of such units C being arranged along the hip or ridge with'the adjacent shingle units in overlapped relation in the fashion common in shingle roof constructions.

In -carrying out the invention as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive. the shingle A is formed ;of a width slightly less than that of the shingle* a and the latter is positioned with one longitudinal margin thereof overlying and seating on one of the longitudinal edges of the'shingle A thereby ferming a Joint F which extends in are disposed side by side with the thicker or butt end portions of both shingles extending in the sanie direction and thus forming one: end of the unit. The overlapped edge of the shingle A may be beveled so that 'when the shingles A.

and B are united they -will 'extend at an angle relative to each other conformable to the pitch of the roof to which the unit is to be applied.

In order to provide broken joints between superimposed units C, rights and lefts of such units are provided; a right unit a being formed; v

by placing the narrow shingleA butt foremost' on the right hand side and the wide shingle B butt foremost On the left hand side ofthe unit; and a left unit b being formed by placing the narrow shingle A on the left hand side and the wide shingle B on the right hand side of the** unit and which right and left units 'are laid on a hip or ridge in alternate arrangements as shown ln Fig. 1.

As a means for connecting the shingles AA and B together to form the unit C, metallic fasteners are employed preferably comprising a pair of wire staples 'I and 8 which are driven through the overlapped marginal portions of the shingles.

of the shingles while the other staple 8 is spaced' such distance from. said' butt ends and from the mid-.length of the shingle unit as to be disposed on or near the line of .overlap of a superimposed shingle so that the staple 8 will have the added function of serving as a gauge mark for gauging laying of the shingles with a predetermined length of exposure to the weather.

The connection of the pair of shingles is eflected only at the 'thickened end-.portions thereof so that the thinner ends oflthe shingles will be unattached to each other and will be capable of being moved laterally relative to each other whereby the units may be readily vconformed to the surface to which they are applied; it being essential that the reduced ends of the shingles l be adapted to slightly spread relative to each Other when nailing the units 'to a roof in order to minimize or prevent splitting of either one or both of the shingles or the breaking or pulling out of the staples.

The abutting bverlapped margins of the shingles A and B may be adhered together at least in part along the joint F by a suitable water proof adhesive G such as a resin or asphalt compound, the adhesive being applied to that portion of the joint that leads from the butt ends of the shingles to a point past the uppermost staple 8 where the shingles have substantial thickness andwhich portion of the-unit is exposed to the weather when the unit is applied.

' In -the modified form 'of the invention shown in Fig. 6 the shingle unit is composed of a pair of wooden shingles J and K having longitudinally abutting edges that are beveled to position the shingle in the desired transverse angular relation to each other; the beveled edge of the shingle J being frmed with a longitudinally extending tongue 9 of v -section which extends into and is engaged by a #corresponding v-gr oove aseaoea ID on the beveled edge of the shingle K. A stasgered or broken Joint L is thus formed between joint L and is engaged with the shingles K and J as shown in Fig. 6. By this construction a single staple will be suflicient to securely fasten the pair of shingles J and K together, since the connection afforded by'the tongue 9 and grooveunits' C, and to facilitate handling thereof, a ,20

series M of an even number of the shinglesare stacked in register with their butt ends presented in the same direction, ,and a corresponding series ill of stacked shingles are superimposed .on the first assembled stack with the butts thereof presented in the opposite direction as shown in Fig. 5. This alternate arrangement of series of shingles is repeated if need be to provide a bundle |6 of the shingles comprising a predetermined number of units whichare bound together as by a wire, |1. To accomplish a desirable purpose it is advantageous that a' bundle of shingle units thus formed shall comprise an even number of the assembled series or groups of units, and that an even number of units be assembled in each group as shown.

The outer edges h of the shingles are beveled t'o extend vertically or nearly so relative to the incline plane of the roof D, and whereby the opposite'sides of a bundle IG of uniformly sized shingles will be substantially allel.

In the' operation of applying the shingle units to the hips or to the ridge of a roof, the bundle of units is opened and the groups M and li of the units are stacked on the roof convenient to the reach of the shingler so that the right and left units a and b may be readily lifted and applied in their alternate order.

- In applying the units they are placed astride the hip or ridge with adjacent units in overlapped relation to each other in afashion common in shingling'operations; eachnunit being fastened in place' by a nail lll driven through each of the shingles A and B as shown in Fig. 1. By reason of the shingles A andB being connected together as a unit is only necessary to employ a single nail for each shingle thus greatly decreasing the nailing Operations commonly employed in the usual operation of nafling the shingles alternately on opposite sides smooth and parof a hip or ridge where two nails for each shinn a curvature of the surface created by applying one tapered unit in partly overlapped relation over another.

In nailing the successive shingle units along the hip or ridge the staple 8 of a previously laid shingle serves as a marker for the butt end of the next shingle beinglaid whereby gauging the length of exposure of the shingles to the weather is iacilitated: the naii Is being applied at a point between the staple 8 and the reduced ends o! the shingles so as to be covered by the overlap the purview oi the appended claims.

I claim:

-1. As a new article of manfacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing hips and ridges of roois by attachment thereto comprising two shingles arranged in marginal abutting and angular relation'toeach other, and means connecting the abutting portions of said shingles together to form a unitary structure whereby the same may be placed on and secured to the hips and ridges oi' roois as a unit structure without trimming or other fitting operation.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing hips and ridges of roois by attachment thereto comprising two wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness. a marginal portion of one.of said shingles being positioned in abutting relation with a marginal portion of the other of said shingles, each of said s ingles being disposed at an angle with respect to the Other, and fastenings between the abutting portions of said shingles for securlng them in angular and abutting relation to form a unitary structure whereby the same may be placed on and secured to the hips and ridges of roois asa unit structure without trimming or other fitting operation.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing hips and ridges of roofs by attachment thereto comprising two wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness, said shingles being arranged in marginal abutting relation and angularly disposed with respect to each other. and iastenings between the abutting portions' of said shingles for securing them in angular and abutting relation to form a unitary structure which may be placed on and secured to the hips and ridges of roofs without trimming or other fitting operation, said fastenings being spaced from the butt ends of the shingles and exposed to serve as a gange in positioning an overlying unit.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit i'or finishing hips and ridges of rooi's by attachment thereto comprising two shingles angularly disposed with respect to each other, one of said shingles having a beveled longitudinal edge arranged in abutting relation with the inner face of the other shingle, the second mentioned shingle having a beveled longitudinal edge arranged substantially coplanar with and forming a continuation of the outer face of the first mentioned shingle, and means connecting the abutting portions of said shingles together to form a unitary structure which may be placed on and secured to the hips and ridges of roofs without trimming or other fltting operation.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing hips and ridges of roofs by attachment thereto comprising a pair of wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thiclmess disposed in abuttlng relation along longitudinal margins thereoi with the thicker end portions thereoi forming one end portion of the unit. and means connecting the contiguous edges oi the pair oi shingles together only at the thickened end portions thereoi whereby the reduced end portions of the shingles are attached to each other and are capable of being moved laterally'relative to each other.

6. As a new article of manuiacture. a preformed shingle unit ior finishing the hips and ridges of roois, by attachment thereto comprising two wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness arranged side by side in angular relation to each other and with a marginal portion of one of the shingles overlying and abutting an edge oi the other shingle; and a metallic staple penetrating the shingles across the joint between the abutting marginal portions of the shingles and fastening the shingles together whereby the two shingles may be collectively applied as a unit astride a hip or ridge of a roof.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs by attachment thereto comprising two wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness arranged edge to edge in anguluar relation to each other with a margin Oi the thlckened end portion of one of the shingles overlying and abutting a margin oi the thickened end portion oi the other shingle, and a metallic staple connecting the shingles only at the abutting thickened end portions thereof to form a shingle unit oi an inverted V-shape in cross section in which the reduced end portions of the shingles are unattached to each other.

8. As a new article oi manuacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs -by attachment thereto comprising two.wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness arranged edge to edge in angular relation to each other with a margin of the thickened end portion of one of the shingles overlying and abutting a margin of the thickened end portion of the other shingle,

and a metallic staple straddling the joint between the shingles penetrating and fastening the shingles together. said staple being arranged to connect only the thickened end portions of the shingles. the reduced end portions of the shingles being unattached to each other a major portion of the lengths of the shingles and being freeto spread relative to each other.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs by attachment thereto comprising two wooden shingles longitudinally tapered in thickness arranged edge to edge in angular relation to each other with a margin of the thickened end portion 'of One of the shingles overlying and abuttlng a margin of the thickened end portion of the other shingle, and a metallic staple fastening the shingles together at a point in the length thereof having substantial thickness; the reduced end portions of the shingles being unattached to each other throughout the length oi the portion of the joint therebetween extending from said staple to the reduced ends of the shingles so that the reduced end portions of the shingles will be free to spread relative to each other.

10. As a new article oi manuiacture, a preformed shingle unit for finishing the hips and ridges of wooden shingle roofs by attachment thereto comprlsing two wooden shingles longitudinaliy tapered in thickne ss arranged edge to edge in angular relation to each Other with a margin .of the thickened end portion of One of the Joint between the abutting max-sinai portions Or the shingles penetrating the shinglea and fastening the shinzles together; said staplea being arranged to asten together only the thickened end portions ot said shingles and whereby the ,reduced end portions of the shingles are unattaohed to each other 8. substantial portion of the lengths of the shingles and are free to spread 5 relative to each other.

HERBERT L. OWEN.

- .CE TIFICATE OF CORRECTIO Patent No, 2,259,962. October 21, 1'91 1.

KERBERT L OWEN It 18 hereby Certified that .error apears in the printed spoc-ification of the above numbered patent re uiring correction n follow:: Pago 5, second column, line 5, claim 5, for "attached" read -'-unattached'--; and that the said Letters Pat-.a nt should be read with thig' correction therein thgt the same may confom to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and soaledthis 51:11 da of May, A. D. 191 2.

. Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting commiasioner of Patents. 

